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Nashua police commissioner steps down amid investigation

The Attorney General's office is investigating a phone call Nashua police commissioner made the night state representative David Campbell ran over and killed five ducks outside the Crowne Plaza hotel in December.

The Attorney General's office is investigating a phone call Nashua police commissioner made the night state representative David Campbell ran over and killed five ducks outside the Crowne Plaza hotel in December.

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Updated: 6:22 AM EST Feb 6, 2014

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WEBVTT I'M SUZANNE ROANTREE FOR 95.7 WZID. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. TOPPING OUR NEWS THIS THURSDAY, THE CHAIRMAN OF NASHUA'S POLICE COMMISSION HAS RESIGNED. TOM PAPPAS STEPPED DOWN YESTERDAY AMID SCRUTINY RECALLING THE ROLE IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN ACCIDENT THAT LEFT A GROUP OF DUCKS DEAD. RAY BREWER IS LIVE IN NASHUA. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IS STILL INVESTIGATING A PHONE CALL PAPPAS MADE ON THE NIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT; RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, ERIN. THIS ALL RELATED TO THAT ACCIDENT INVOLVING FIVE DUCKS THAT WERE KILLED OUTSIDE OF THE CROWN PLAZA HOTEL HERE IN NASHUA BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID CAMPBELL LAST DECEMBER. LAST MONTH IN NASHUA, POLICE COMMISSIONER, TOM PAPPAS, WAS NOT ANSWERING QUESTIONS. ON WEDNESDAY THOUGH HE SENT A LETTER OF RESIGNATION TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, SAYING QUOTE, I DEEPLY REGRET MY PART IN THE EVENTS OF DECEMBER 23, 2013. AND APOLOGIZE TO YOU THE NASHUA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC FOR THE DISRUPTION THAT HAS OCCURRED. THE EVENTS CONCERN AN ACCIDENT OUTSIDE OF THE CROWN PLAZA HOTEL. STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DAVID CAMPBELL, DROVE OVER AND KILLED FIVE DUCKS. A HOTEL EMPLOYEE DESCRIBED HIM AS DRUNK. CAMPBELL LEFT THE SCENE BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED. THEN TOM PAPPAS, CHAIR OF THE NASHUA POLICE COMMISSION CALLED THE PD ASKING IF IT WAS OKAY IF THE STATE REP WAITED TO SPEAK WITH INVESTIGATORS. HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE. HE'S AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE. I DON'T -- HIS PHONE DIED. I CAN -- IS IT OKAY IF I HAVE HIM COME TO THE STATION TOMORROW MORNING? POLICE AGREED. NOW THE AG'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING. IN THE RESIGNATION LETTER, HE SAYS I'M DETERMINED TO MOVE FORWARD PRODUCTIVELY AND POSITIVELY BY COOPERATING IN ANY MANNER NECESSARY WITH THE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. I JUST THINK HE WAS TRYING TO HELP A FRIEND. HE MADE A BAD DECISION. HE DID THE HONORABLE THING AND RESIGNED. THEY BELIEVE TOM PAPPAS WAS CORRECT TO STEP DOWN AND CAMPBELL SHOULD DO THE SAME. NOT ONLY WERE HIS ACTIONS THE INSTIGATION, HE'S BROUGHT A GOOD MAN DOWN. A REPRESENTATIVE CAMPBELL PLED NO CONTEST TO TAKING WATER FOWL.

Nashua police commissioner steps down amid investigation

The Attorney General's office is investigating a phone call Nashua police commissioner made the night state representative David Campbell ran over and killed five ducks outside the Crowne Plaza hotel in December.